SACKBUT


Meaning of SACKBUT in English

/ ˈsækbʌt; NAmE / noun

a type of trombone used in the Renaissance period

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent.: from French saquebute , from obsolete saqueboute hook for pulling a man off a horse, from saquer to pull + bouter to hit.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.